1,000 HOMOSEXUALS
Anita Bryant Pie in the Face
A tale of morality, politics and religion based on Anita Bryant’s 1977 anti-gay crusade
a new play by Michael Yawney
Commissioned by Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County
produced by Arsht Center and Camposition
November 20-23, 2008
Arsht Center’s Carnival Studio Theater
February 26-28, 2009
Colony Theater Miami Beach
Nov 2009
Theater Offensive, Boston
Summer 2010
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1,000 Homosexuals tells the story of Anita Bryant's 1977 crusade against gay civil rights. The play is a documentary/fantasy/comedy presenting Anita just the way she would want: as a musical Joan of Arc battling a powerful and perverse gay mafia.
Due to Anita’s concern for her family, she resists taking a stand against a county-wide gay rights ordinance.
After she heeds God’s call to take heroic action, Anita pays a heavy price for her stand.
The play bends documentary sources such as government records, newspaper stories, and underground gay manifestos into a twisted carnival of 70s-style sex and faith.
Camposition’s programs are supported by Dade Community Foundation and Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Board of County Commissioners.
1,000 Homosexuals has been commissioned by the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County and endorsed, thus far, by the Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and Stonewall Library & Archives.
1,000 Homosexuals Official Website
[Pictured above: Playwright Michael Yawney]
About Michael Yawney:
Michael Yawney (Directing, Playwriting, Theatre History) is a Miami-based playwright/director. He has an M.F.A. from Columbia University and a B.F.A. from the Experimental Theater Wing of New York University. His play
1,000 Homosexuals debuted in November 2008 at the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.
He was a playwright in residence at New York Stage and Film/Vassar Powerhouse in 2006 and his production Three Angels Dancing on a Needle was named the Best Theatrical Production of 2007 by Miami New Times as well as Best Foreign Language Production at the Brooklyn Brick Theater’s Pretentious Festival.
Mr. Yawney's writing has appeared in Theater Week, Out Traveler, Propaganda, and OFF. He was Artistic Director of New York’s Bad Neighbors Theater and founding member of the Genesius Guild. Mr. Yawney taught workshops at Columbia University, the Minskoff Studios and The South Florida Theater League.
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